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Ok, my first time here, so don't beat me up if I do something wrong!
I need a video card for a computer I am going to build. It has been a long time since I've built one, and everything has changed so much...
Here is what I am going to build it with;
motherboard
http://www.mwave.com/mwave/skusear [...] ia=BA23347
cpu
http://www.mwave.com/mwave/skusear [...] ia=BA23444
case
http://www.mwave.com/mwave/skusear [...] ia=BA23184
memory
http://www.mwave.com/mwave/skusear [...] ia=BA20349
I will be using Windows 2000. I am not a gamer, I play the radio on the computer, and would like to watch movies on the computer. I do use some graphics programs, but nothing intensive. I will be using an office suite and Microsoft FrontPage and uploading to my website.
I will be using a copier that I can print from, Canon image class D320, an HP all-in-one, and a Konica Minolta magicolor 2400W Laser printer. I may be using an iomega zip drive, +??? in the future.
$$$ are very tight, this wasn't a planned purchase, as my computer retired without asking me first... 
so I need a graphics card that will do all this, and still be able to handle anything I might add later, but my budget (what budget! 
) won't handle more than a $50 range. It also needs to be something that won't fight with my motherboard and cpu. I am only going with 512mb of ram right now, but hope to extend to 2gb later.
Can someone recommend one that will fit above criteria?
Thanks for any and all help,
http://thetreadlersvillage.com
A woman who seeks to be equal to men lacks ambition
Hey, no, but if you know of one that would do dishes, make coffee, and bring me breakfast in bed, I'd scrounge up the extra $$$ from somewhere to get it! 
I like the sound of the MSI card, and it has good reviews plus, I should not have any compatibility problems with it, since it comes from my motherboard maker...
Another question, it says it is a low profile card, and people were talking about needing a bracket for it. How do I know if I would need it with the above motherboard?
Hmmmm... can you bake cookies?
http://thetreadlersvillage.com
A woman who seeks to be equal to men lacks ambition
Reply to treadlelady
[]Wanna get married? I love home baked cookies!
Oh, right, wasn't thinking...it has been a long and frustrating week!
I will probably need it with this case? http://www.mwave.com/mwave/skusear [...] ia=BA23184
All I can say is, it was a lot simpler building computers way back when... and, I knew a whole lot less then.
Thanks sew much, your choice sounds like a good one.
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http://thetreadlersvillage.com
A woman who seeks to be equal to men lacks ambition
Reply to treadlelady
You can try this board as well:
http://www.mwave.com/mwave/viewspe [...] ia=BA23402
It seems to be better than the msi one, but its mATX which shouldn't even be a problem for your system. With the little money saved you can get bump up the processor to a 4200+ 
.
| toasty2 wrote : Sorry to be off topic, but FrontPage isn't a very good HTML editor (not very standards-compliant and produces very messy HTML), I would recommend NVU or Dreamweaver instead.
|
Toasty2, I started out using notepad, then found Arachnophilia, which was a free (free is good) HTML editor, and thought I had really arrived. I used it for quite a few years, and was happy with it, then someone gave me (free is GREAT) a brand new copy of FrontPage, and I started using it, and got spoiled with not having to do raw HTML! I'm not sure what NVU is, but if someone has it or Dreamweaver they want to give me (free is WONDERFUL!, I will happily take it! 
Unfortunately, my budget (what budget!) doesn't run to expensive extras, so I make do with what I've got. I use KISS to build my website, so I am not bothered a whole lot by the deficiencies of FP to much.
http://thetreadlersvillage.com
A woman who seeks to be equal to men lacks ambition
Reply to treadlelady
Coffee Cup has a reasonable HTML editor and a bunch of web site tools that I think are either free (http://www.coffeecup.com/).
I like those Elite cases; tool-free and they'll take another 120mm fan in the front if you want it.
Hmmm, someone else likes to sew 
. My grandmother had an old treadle Singer machine. I just bought a new Singer CB-5 for my wife last month (hey, if I could afford to build a new rig, I thought she might like a new sewing machine to replace her old mechanical one). Oh, and she bakes cookies too, good healthy ones with added fiber and no industrial waste (i.e. margarine).
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